On Aug 8 11:15, ASSI wrote: > Mark Geisert writes: > > Could Cygwin itself provide a minimal /etc/resolv.conf pointing to > > public DNS server(s)? Some users might object to Google's public DNS > > (e.g. 8.8.8.8) though. > > No, this would be the job for any software that configures the DNS > resolver. However, I'd prefer if no resolver libraries ever looked at > /etc/resolv.conf as it doesn't really make sense for Cygwin to muck > about with the DNS configuration independently of what Windows provides.
I agree, actually. Right now, Cygwin's resolver checks for /etc/resolv.conf, too, but uses the OS stuff if /etc/resolv.conf isn't available. So I wonder, just as you do, if we shouldn't drop support for /etc/resolv.conf and let this be handled by the OS only. In theory, we have two scenarios: - Either a user is also admin and can change the OS settings anyway, - or the user is not admin and the admins very likely don't like the user to change the resolver settings on the company machine... Corinna
